I don't think I've painted someone stretching their eye or face with their hands before. As soon as I saw this reference I knew I had to try.

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I'm just not ready for her to be gone.

We have several of her books in our house and have read them to our granddaughter.

Several of her songs and covers of those songs have permanent space on my playlists.

I'm just happy I got to live at a time where I got to experience her art as she was making it and the impact she had on is as she was doing it.

💔

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When I get new tools or feel like I've progressed far enough in my skills I like to do a self portrait. Since I know my face better than anyone else's it's a good baseline for me. My wife took the reference picture and I think it's extra good.

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She's a badass. From Dune to Spiderman and much more.

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Admit it, you're reading this in his slow, deep, sultry voice. I know I'm typing in it.

What is your favorite role of his?

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I love him in Rob Roy, Pulp Fiction, and many other flicks.

Tried gray adjacent colors and I don't care as much for how it turned out. Thought it would add some warmth but it just looks weird to me.

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Back to measuring, drawing without it is exhausting like any new skill. This is slower but comfortable and more accurate.

I like the monochrome with the bold colorful background so I kept.

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Getting better at likeness without measuring. This one I inversed probably a dozen times before I started rendering. It helped a ton as recommended!

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As I shared in a few places in March I was laid off. It took 7 weeks to get a job offer. In that time we considered selling the house, moving someplace where we can live on a lot less, etc. We had 1.5 years before we had to make scary choices but still.

Today the COO said she's scheduling a meeting with me and the CEO (and a few others) to review my progress! Everyone including her is really excited about what we're accomplishing.

I'm doing tippy taps and thought I'd share!!!

While school girls scribbled their first name with a band members last name in their journal, Thanos was scribbling "tacocat", "Yo! Banana Boy.", and "Dammit, I'm mad!" His favorite time was probably 12:21 or maybe he used the 24 hour clock, if so maybe 15:51 was his jam?

This reference was fairly neutrally lite which made it hard to paint. A better likeness than the last few. Practice is helping.

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